Myanmar junta’s environment minister is hit with tough new sanctions by the US Treasury
A key figure in the Myanmar military coup and the country’s natural resources sector has been slapped with sanctions by the US Government
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EU must show ambitious action in proposed new law to tackle the bloc’s deforestation footprint
EIA and our partners today called for ambitious action by EU lawmakers to combat deforestation
EIA and 40 other NGOs urge the EU to strengthen action on illegal logging and deforestation
EIA has joined with more than 40 global NGOs to call on the European Union (EU) to do more to halt illegal logging and commodity-driven deforestation elsewhere in the world
US Government acts against Myanmar military coup with tough sanctions on timber
The US Department of the Treasury has today (21 April) hit two major State-owned businesses in Myanmar with trade and economic sanctions
Firm investigated by EIA boasts of trading Myanmar teak – while protestors are killed in the streets
As Myanmar suffers escalating violence under the military coup, one teak trading company has been caught boasting about continuing to import timber regardless of the consequences
A sophisticated new criminal network is openly smuggling timber across the Myanmar-China border
Amid the chaos of the brutal military coup in Myanmar and despite previous crackdowns on illegal timber trafficking over its border with China, EIA has established that a major new criminal syndicate is operating the trade